October 2006 Archives

Another great reader story below.

There is a girl's restroom in the cafeteria next to the stage that was frequently used as a dressing room when plays were performed there instead of the black-box theatre in the drama studio. Rumor has it that a sophomore girl committed suicide in there,and a few years later a freshman boy did the same. Bloodstains of hand prints appear and disappear on the walls and if one goes into the restroom alone lights flicker on and off, toilet paper rolls unroll themselves, the sinks overflow with water and once an apparition of a girl with long black hair was seen crying in a corner. The school caretakers usually leave the lights in this restroom off to discourage students from using it, but by lunchtime it is almost always on.

NOTE; this author attends this school, and has actually been in said restroom. I heard a scream and saw toilet paper running, but I suppose the spirit wasn't being as mean as it can possibly be, although needless to say my experience was very frightening. Most of the students are afraid to go near this restroom.

Last night at approx 21:00 I was outside our home looking through a 4x magnification hand held Gen III Starlight Scope.

While sharing the view of the sky's stars with my wife, I saw some movement and focused the device as sharply as I could. To my astonishment I observed what appeared to be sort of a high altitude object that looked like a slightly flattened 'W'. Each leg of the 'W' had sort of a nacelle on it and the middle of the 'W' was slightly flattened and also incorporated a nacelle type of thing.

The object appeared somewhat opaque. The nacelle type areas had a slightly brighter appearance than the rest of the body. I told my wife and went to pass her the scope but had to return to the image as it was going to become obscured by some trees to the west of our home.

The object was moving west and was not extremely fast. I observed this object for about 50 seconds. With the naked eye you could not see the object at all.

I am a retired aircraft mechanic, I am familiar with modern aircraft both civil and military. I have never seen such an object before, nor have I ever written anyone about a UFO sighting.

Have you ever heard of an object as I have described?

Tessy

Reader submitted story:

I am a pest control operator at the Spreckles agricultural plant, where a long time ago a sugar mill was located. It was owned by Tanimura & Antle an agricultural produce company.

The security guard mentioned to me that the silos are haunted by a man. Who worked at the sugar processing plant, and was crushed to death by turning cranks. I guess to move the sugar up and down in the silos. They are very tall about 300 feet up.

I had gone inside, it was very dark, and when talking I could hear my echo. It’s known as a big hangout for pigeons, and swallows when they migrate north. The place is very old and kind of creepy.

The security guard also mentioned he's heard singing, and another time thought he heard people talking. This was at night when he would make his rounds by vehicle.

During the day, I’m there every month re-baiting rodent boxes and spraying around the buildings. I have not heard or seen anything.

The old brick building is directly across from, and was used as a storage area for the sugar. It is very old as well.

This is not the only ghost on the property. There has also been seen a woman walking, from the Salinas river towards the plant which sits behind the property about 200 yards. It’s believed that, she crashed into the river, or was murdered. Because she appears to be soaking wet. Well if I ever see anything ill let you know.

Mike Bartley